[Mageia-dev] Repository question: where do we put non-free+tainted RPMs?

Wed Mar 16 00:31:42 CET 2011

Tux99 a écrit :
+>
+>> If the mix is legit, then we just move to non-free, and warn mirrors
+>> that both non-free and tainted can cause troubles.
+>
+> Why do you think that would be a better solution than putting it into
+> tainted (where it belongs for dependencies) and marking tainted as being
+> for ALL tainted packages (regardless if free or nonfree)?
+> Putting tainted packages in nonfree just causes more confusion IMHO.
+>
+>> If this is non-free, it goes to non-free, that's all. And we link
+>> nothing to it outside of non-free.
+
+Or make the links from outside optional.
+>
+> Which would mean other packages like gstreamer will have reduced
+> capability.
+>
+> I'm starting to wonder if my hope of helping towards making Mageia an even
+> better multimedia (audio/video) distro than Mandriva is, is unrealistic.
+>
+ From my point of view, not unrealistic at all,  Just don't be dogmatic 
+about calling software potentially subject to patent claims "tainted" -- 
+until directly threatened.
+And allow "core" packages to _optionally_ use packages in "non-free".
+(That is, avoid "requires".)
+
+What would be useful, is the capability, when installing a "core" 
+package, to optionally install a related package from a non-core 
+repository, even if the non-core repository in question isn't activated.
+With that functionality, at least you won't be restricted by the 
+repositories.
+I don't know how much needs to be done to acquire this functionality, 
+but it has already been discussed on Mageia lists.
+
+Your goals might be more work than you originally thought, but it's doable.
+Just don't give up :)
+
+-- 
+André
+